Stuck in the Game by Christopher Keene – book review
Stuck in the Game, by Christopher Keene, is a young adult novel set (mostly) in a virtual world known as the Dream Engine.…
Category: Novel reviews
Reviews of novels.
The Kidnap Plot by Dave Butler – book review
The Extraordinary Journeys of Clockwork Charlie – The Kidnap Plot is the first novel I have read by Dave Butler. I met him…
Death by Cliché by Bob Defendi – book review
I’ve played various tabletop RPGs since the early 80s, including ones devised by myself and my friends. While I haven’t played too many…
The Master Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg – book review
In the third book in Charlie N. Holmberg’s Paper Magician series, Ceony is wrapping up her studies. After being moved to study under…
The Glass Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg – novel review
The story in The Glass Magician, by Charlie N. Holmberg, begins only a few months after the end of The Paper Magician. Ceony…
Dark Energy by Robison Wells – book review
I have several books by Robison Wells, but Dark Energy is the first one to make it to the top of my “To…
The Road to Hell by David Weber and Joelle Presby
It has been a long wait for The Road to Hell, the third book in David Weber’s Multiverse series. The first two books…
The Paper Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg – book review
One of my friends kept recommending The Paper Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg, so I decided to pick it up and see what…
Allegiant by Veronica Roth – book review
Book Three in Veronica Roth’s Divergent series begins with Tris in jail for defying the authorities by releasing the video that explained what…
Star Wars – Lost Stars by Claudia Gray – book review
Like Joe, I was waiting for the Star Wars: The Force Awakens film for a long time. And I couldn’t have been happier…
Bluescreen by Dan Wells – book review
I have been a fan of Dan Wells since he first released I Am Not a Serial Killer and its sequels. Bluescreen is…
Insurgent by Veronica Roth – book review
The next volume of Veronica Roth’s Divergent series, Insurgent, begins right where Divergent ends. Tris and Four have just thwarted the plans of…
Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin – book review
In the 1970’s and 80’s, long before he wrote the Song of Ice and Fire books, George R.R. Martin was writing science fiction.…
A Call to Arms by David Weber, Timothy Zahn, and Thomas Pope – book review
A Call to Arms, by David Weber, Timothy Zahn, and Thomas Pope, picks up where A Call to Duty left off. The relationship…
Elantris – Tenth Anniversary Author’s Definitive Edition by Brandon Sanderson – book review
It’s been ten years since I first read Elantris by Brandon Sanderson. Ten years since first being drawn into the world of Aons…
A Call to Duty by David Weber and Timothy Zahn – book review
Ever since it was announced that Timothy Zahn’s short story “A Call to Arms” was going to be expanded into a series, I…
Silver in the Blood by Jessica Day George – book review
I picked up Silver in the Blood on my lunch break because I liked the cover (beautifully illustrated by Craig Phillips). I didn’t…
Unforgettable by Eric James Stone
I have been a fan of Eric James Stone’s short fiction for years, so when I heard he had a novel coming out,…
Hell’s Foundations Quiver by David Weber
Hell’s Foundations Quiver is the eighth book in the Safehold series from David Weber. I strongly recommend that you read the first seven…
I Am Sleepless – Sim 299 by Johan Twiss
Set in the future an unknown number of years from now (or perhaps in an alternate universe), I Am Sleepless – Sim 299…
Woven by Michael Jensen and David Powers King – book review
Woven brings an interesting premise: everything in the world is part of the unseen Great Tapestry, tended by a few Master Threaders who…